Grandparental childcare, health and well-being in Europe: A within-individual investigation of longitudinal data

Danielsbacka, Mirkka; Tanskanen, Antti O.; Coall, David A.; Jokela, Markus

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.03.031

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“…Given the prevalence of informal childcare options such as grandparents, particularly during the holidays, there needs to be additional work to further identify the key patterns of activity and sedentary behaviour when under the care of a grandparent to help to develop targeted interventions. Additionally, and given that previous research has suggested that grandparents’ own access to and engagement with PA is a key influence on how active the child is when under their care [33], identifying ways to support grandparents in remaining active themselves and with their grandchild may have significant public health benefits for young people and their grandparents [34].…”

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Physical Activity during the School Holidays: Parent Perceptions and Practical Considerations

Emm-Collison

Lewis

Reid

et al. 2019

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Children’s physical activity decreases during school holidays. Less structured days and reduced participation in organised activities may account for some of the decrease. Little is known about the factors that influence parents’ decision to enrol their child in organised activity such as holiday clubs. This paper sought to explore parents’ perceptions of their child’s physical activity during school holidays and the factors that influence holiday activity-based decision making. Semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with 42 parents of children aged 10–11 years in July 2017 or March 2018. Data were analysed using a combination of inductive and deductive content analysis to explore parents’ perceptions of holiday-based physical activity and the factors associated with how they provide physical activity opportunities for their children. The data revealed that most parents consider their child’s physical activity levels when planning for the school holidays. However, work commitments in the holidays meant many parents had to rely on both informal and formal childcare. Grandparents were the primary source of informal childcare, despite a perception that children were not as physically active when with them. Holiday clubs were also a viable option, but the cost, location and age-appropriateness of provision inhibit parents signing older children up to these regularly.

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Physical Activity during the School Holidays: Parent Perceptions and Practical Considerations

Emm-Collison

Lewis

Reid

et al. 2019

IJERPH

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“…Because Model 1 was saturated with zero degrees of freedom, constraining actor effects results in a nonzero chi-square (v 2 ) with one degree of freedom; if the resulting v 2 is significant, then the two covariances are not equal (Cook & Kenny, 2005). Finally, to test cultural differences in actor and partner effects (H3), we first clustered the 11 European countries into three groups of Southern Europe (Greece, Italy, Spain), Central Europe (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland), and Northern Europe (Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden), 1 which has been previously utilized in the SHARE dataset (Brenna & Di Novi, 2013;Danielsbacka, Tanskanen, Coall, & Jokela, 2019). We then used a multimember multigroup (MMMG; Ledermann, Rudaz, & Grob, 2017) APIM framework to evaluate whether actor and partner effects differed by group membership.…”

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Associations Between Marital Discord and Depressive Symptoms: A Cross‐Cultural Analysis

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The objectives of this study were to investigate actor and partner effects of the association between marital discord and depressive symptoms in a sample of 4,779 couples from 11 European countries that were divided into three groups (i.e., Northern, Central, Southern Europe), and evaluate the potential gender and cross-cultural invariance of this association. Actor-partner interdependence models were used to analyze the cross-sectional associations between self-reported perceived marital conflict and depressive symptoms. Marital conflict was significantly and positively associated with self-reported depressive symptoms for husbands and wives (actor effects), as well as with partner-reported depressive symptoms (partner effects). Pooling across cultural groups, no significant difference in the magnitude of actor or partner effects based on gender was found. The magnitude of the actor effects varied across cultural groupings only for women: a significantly weaker association existed for women residing in Northern Europe relative to women in Central or Southern Europe. These results suggest that marital discord is a reliable correlate of depressive symptoms for European couples and that the magnitude of the positive association varies by culture for women. Should these results be replicated longitudinally, couple-based interventions may be indicated to reduce marital discord and prevent and treat depression in Europe.

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“…Grandparenthood is a central role for people in later life, with the majority of individuals aged 50 and over having faced such transition (Glaser et al, 2013;Leopold & Skopek, 2015;Margolis, 2016). In answer to the recognised increasingly vital support of grandparents to their families by looking after grandchildren, most of the recent quantitative literature in the field has focussed on the caregiving role of grandparents and its effects on their health, their social engagement, as well as their daughters' labour market participation (Arpino, Pronzato, & Tavares, 2014;Bordone, Arpino, & Aassve, 2016;Danielsbacka, Tanskanen, Coall, & Jokela, 2019;Di Gessa, Glaser, Price, Ribe, & Tinker, 2016;Glaser et al, 2013;Hank & Buber, 2009;Lumsdaine & Vermeer, 2015). However, despite several calls to investigate the transition to grandparenthood (Cunningham-Burley, 1986;Hagestad & Lang, 1986;Thiele & Whelan, 2006), the impact of becoming a grandparent on well-being remains understudied.…”

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Becoming a Grandparent and Its Effect on Well-Being: The Role of Order of Transitions, Time, and Gender

Gessa

Bordone

Arpino

2019

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

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Objectives Although the majority of older people are grandparents, little is known on whether and how the transition into grandparenthood affects their well-being. Moreover, evidence on whether the order of the transition, the time since grandchild’s birth, and the socio-demographic characteristics of the offspring modify the grandparental well-being is scarce. Taking into account these factors, our study examines the association between becoming a grandparent and subsequent well-being. Methods Our study is based on grandparents aged 50 and over from waves 4-6 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. Using longitudinal analyses, we investigate associations between becoming a grandparent and subsequent life satisfaction, positive affect, and depression controlling for demographic and socio-economic factors as well as health and well-being at baseline. Furthermore, we explore the role of modifying factors such as whether the grandchild was first-born, the time since transition, and socio-demographic characteristics of the offspring who became a parent. Results Becoming a grandparent has a positive effect on well-being only among women who became grandmothers for the first time and via their daughters. Moreover, this effect is particularly strong in the proximity of the birth of the grandchild. No effects were found among first-time grandfathers. Having an additional grandchild does not affect well-being of grandparents, regardless of the offspring’s characteristics. Discussion Transitioning to grandparenthood per se does not affect well-being. More research is needed to further investigate if interpersonal relationships and changes in roles triggered by becoming a grandparent could help promote well-being in later life.

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Grandparental childcare, health and well-being in Europe: A within-individual investigation of longitudinal data

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Physical Activity during the School Holidays: Parent Perceptions and Practical Considerations

Physical Activity during the School Holidays: Parent Perceptions and Practical Considerations

Associations Between Marital Discord and Depressive Symptoms: A Cross‐Cultural Analysis

Becoming a Grandparent and Its Effect on Well-Being: The Role of Order of Transitions, Time, and Gender

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